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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Afternoon County Extension Directors and 4-H Youth Development Professionals,
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have two deadlines that are of strategic importance for Arizona Cooperative Extension fast approaching on
<b><u>February 28<sup>th</sup></u></b>. To accomplish this goal it takes both the CED, 4-H youth development professionals, and the commitment of the entire Arizona Cooperative Extension organization. I appreciate your attention to these important strategic
efforts. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Deduplicated Youth Reporting<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">As of last week we had only 22 group enrollments across the state submitted for October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021 in ZSuites. We have asked that 4-H youth development professionals input this group enrollment
data for: 4-H youth development programming, FCHS, Agriculture Literacy, and programs like Junior Master Gardener, Project Wet, etc. For guidance:
<a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1843-2021.pdf">
https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1843-2021.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><span style="color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Purpose:</span></b><span style="color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
</span>To establish a deduplicated number of youth Arizona Cooperative Extension serves annually because our current reporting processes do not allow us to know this answer.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Strategic Planning Year 1 Work Sheet<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Every county has now had 10 months to establish a year 1 action plan (April 2021), one in-service to prepare, and two deadline extensions*. County-<br>
based 4-H youth development professionals and CEDs need to share their county plans for Year 1 with me by February 28<sup>th</sup>. Thank you to the 1
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county and 1 FRTEP program for their plans! I have also not had any CED or 4-H Youth development professional report to me about a scheduled
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meeting with their County Extension Advisory Board, please put 4-H strategic plan on your County Extension Advisory Board meeting at your earliest <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> convenience and let me know when that is (was). <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#548235;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Purpose:</span>
</b>Every county has different challenges and dynamics and each county has to reflect their communities positive youth development needs. A<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> grassroots planning approach is required to make this strategic plan effective and responsive to each county, however, statewide accountability is
<br>
also required by combining program efforts together. Extension Advisory Boards need to be engaged with the strategic planning process to ensure<br>
shared vision and scope of work. I hope that you are excited about communicating your strategy to your Advisory Board, the aim is to foster
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excitement for the opportunities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> *Counties with new 4-H youth development professionals need to communicate with me the plan to complete their strategic planning Year 1
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worksheet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your time and attention to ensure we are improving our records and strategy in meeting our land-grant university mission of creating #opportunity4all by focusing on program-quality and striving to grow the Arizona 4-H program
to 20,000 by 2025. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With appreciation,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#002060">______________________________________________________________________________________</span></u></b><b><span style="color:#002060"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="color:#C00000">Jeremy Elliott-Engel, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:#C00000">
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</span><span style="color:#002060">Arizona 4-H State Program Leader & Associate Director, Arizona Cooperative Extension<br>
Associate Extension Specialist, Agricultural Education, Innovation, and Technology
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The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Forbes 301D, P.O. Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">1140 E. South Campus Dr. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Tucson, AZ 85721<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Ofc: 520-621-3390<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Pronouns: he/him/his</span><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">The University of Arizona sits on the original homelands of Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Aligning with
the university’s core value of a diverse and inclusive community, it is an institutional responsibility to recognize and acknowledge the people, culture and history that make up the Wildcat community. At the institutional level, it is important to be proactive
in broadening awareness throughout campus to ensure our students feel represented and valued.</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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